Today we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the start of the first moon landing mission. Neil Armstrong and Edwin »Buzz« Aldrin made the famous one small step for man on the lunar surface on July 20th 1969 while Michael Collins helmed the Columbia mother ship. The entire mission took eight days.

Now, when the gentlemen are approaching their 80th birthday (wow, already?), the rest of us are on a good track towards taking trips in space. A month ago, UK firm Foster + Partners won Virgin Galactic's international design competition therefore earning the privilege of designing world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport. Spaceport America will be located in New Mexico which is quite convenient since the extraterrestrials are said to be quite familiar with certain areas out there.